The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-10

marked the trail, as the Indians hurried
them along, byLbreaking twigs and bend.
Ing bushes, and when threatened with the
tomahawk IL she persisted, tore small bits
from her dress and dropped them to guide
the pursuers. Where the ground was soft
enough to receive an Impression, they
would impress q footprint. The flight was
In the best Indian method; the indiana
marched some yards apart through the
bushes and cane, compelling their cap
tives to no the came. When a creek was
crossed they waded in its water 10 a dis.
tant point, where the march would be re-
aumed. BY all tho caution and skill, oil
their training the Indians %endeavored to
obscure the trail and perplex the pursuere.
The nightfall Of the frstday dropped on
the pursuit OF Boone before he had gone
far; but he had fixed the directions the
Indians were taking, and at early dawn
was following them. The chase was con.
tinued with: all the speed that could be
made for thirty miles. Again darkness
compelled q halt, and again at crack Of
day on Tuesday the pursuit was renewed.
It wal not long before q light film Of smoke
that rose in the distant that showed where
the Indians were making a breakfast OF
buffalo meat. The pursuers cautiously
approached, fearing lest the Indians might
sisy their captiveH and escape. Col. John
Floyd, who was n Of the party (himseli
afterward killed by Indians), thus de.
scribed the attack and the lettor written
the next Sunday to thu Lieutenant Of Fin.
castle, Col. William Preston.
N0rr o{,,Jr bod Ioon ls.r t
prisoners without giving the Indians time
to murder them after they discovered us.
-Four Of US fred, and all Of US rushed on
them, by which they were prevented from
carrying anything away except one shot.
gun without ammunition. Colonel Boone
and myself had each a pretty fair shot,
and they began to move OF. I am we'll
convinced shot one through the body.
The one he shot dropped his gun; mine
had none. The place was covered with
thick cane, and being so much elated on
recovering the three poor little heart.
broken girls, We were prevented from
making any further search. We sent the
Indians of almost naked, some without
their moccasins, and none Of them with
80 much as q knife or 'tomahawk. After
the girls came to themselves sufficiently
to speak, they told us there were five In
dianB, four Shawanese and one Cherokee /:
they could speak good English, and said
they should go 10 the S%hawaneBe towns.
The war-club VIC got was like those / have
seen Of that nation, and several words OF
their language, which the girls retained,
were known TO be Shawaneae.",
The return Of the rescued girls WAS the
occasion for great rejoicing. To crown
their satisfaction, the young loyers had
proved their. prowess, and under the eye
OF the greatest Of all woodsmeu, had
shown their skill and courage. They had
fairly won tho girls they loved. Two
weeks later a general ssummons went
throughout the little settlements to attend
the first wedding ever solemnixsd on Ken.
lucky soil. Samuel Henderson and Betsy
Galloway were married in the presence o
an approved company that celebrated the
event with dancing and feasting. The
formal license from the County Court wat
not waited for, as the court house Of Fin
castle, Of which county Kentucky was
part, was distant more than six hundred
miles; The ceremony consisted Of the
contract with witnesses, and religious
VOWS administered by Roone's brother
who was an occasional preacher of tn;
persuasion popularity knownias Hardshel
Baptists. Frances Galloway became with
in q year the wife of the gallant Johr
Holder, afterward greatly distinguished il
the pioneer annals, and Boone's daughter
married the uon Of bis friend Galloway.